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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[0d7900a] | 7 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-download-http
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[89eb994f] | 8 | "&gnome-download-http;/gobject-introspection/1.78/gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;.tar.xz">
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[0d7900a] | 9 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-download-ftp
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[89eb994f] | 10 | "&gnome-download-ftp;/gobject-introspection/1.78/gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;.tar.xz">
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[f13ed30c] | 11 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-md5sum "da2677e6b9c91b33c036d2233a96cec3">
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[eebcdb57] | 12 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-size "1.0 MB">
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[f13ed30c] | 13 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-buildsize "48 MB (with tests)">
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[56f345b] | 14 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-time "0.3 SBU (With tests; both using parallelism=4)">
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[9d3d8a8] | 15 | ]>
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| 16 | <sect1 id="gobject-introspection" xreflabel="gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="gobject-introspection.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <title>gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;</title>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection">
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| 23 | <primary sortas="a-gobject-introspection">gobject-introspection</primary>
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| 24 | </indexterm>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <sect2 role="package">
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[7ded7e3] | 27 | <title>Introduction to GObject Introspection</title>
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[9d3d8a8] | 28 |
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[7ded7e3] | 29 | <para>
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| 30 | The <application>GObject Introspection</application> is used
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| 31 | to describe the program APIs and collect them in a uniform,
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| 32 | machine readable format.
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| 33 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 34 |
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[a9779b9] | 35 | &lfs120_checked;
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[27e62762] | 36 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 39 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 40 | <para>
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| 41 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gobject-introspection-download-http;"/>
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| 42 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 45 | <para>
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| 46 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gobject-introspection-download-ftp;"/>
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| 47 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 50 | <para>
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| 51 | Download MD5 sum: &gobject-introspection-md5sum;
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| 52 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 55 | <para>
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| 56 | Download size: &gobject-introspection-size;
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| 57 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Estimated disk space required: &gobject-introspection-buildsize;
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| 62 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Estimated build time: &gobject-introspection-time;
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| 67 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | </itemizedlist>
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| 70 |
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[7a26ad4] | 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GObject Introspection Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 72 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[b8a081c] | 74 | <para role="required">
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[ed9b0761] | 75 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>
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[b8a081c] | 76 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 77 |
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| 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[b6a2a0e] | 79 | <para role="optional">
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[4dbf88b] | 80 | <xref linkend="cairo"/> (required for the tests),
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[a8ea305] | 81 | <xref linkend="gjs"/> (to satisfy one test),
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[048071e] | 82 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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| 83 | <xref linkend="Mako"/>, and
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| 84 | <xref linkend="markdown"/>
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[b6a2a0e] | 85 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 86 |
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| 87 | </sect2>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[7ded7e3] | 90 | <title>Installation of GObject Introspection</title>
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[9d3d8a8] | 91 |
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[7ded7e3] | 92 | <para>
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| 93 | Install <application>GObject Introspection</application> by running
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| 94 | the following commands:
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| 95 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 96 |
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[a8ea305] | 97 | <screen><userinput>mkdir build &&
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[4a61228] | 98 | cd build &&
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[a8ea305] | 99 |
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[91318eb] | 100 | meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
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[a8ea305] | 101 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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[9d3d8a8] | 102 |
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[7ded7e3] | 103 | <para>
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[1c7adc0] | 104 | To test the results, issue: <command>ninja test</command>.
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[7ded7e3] | 105 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 106 |
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[7ded7e3] | 107 | <para>
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| 108 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 109 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 110 |
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[a8ea305] | 111 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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[9d3d8a8] | 112 |
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| 113 | </sect2>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 116 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 117 |
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[20f070d8] | 118 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 119 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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| 120 |
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[d56e7df] | 121 | <para>
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[8558044] | 122 | <option>-Dgtk_doc=true</option>: Build and install
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[d56e7df] | 123 | the documentation.
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| 124 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 125 |
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[b9098ed] | 126 | <!-- This is now autodetected
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[d56e7df] | 127 | <para>
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[55e121da] | 128 | <option>-Dcairo=enabled</option>: Use cairo for tests.
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[d56e7df] | 129 | </para>
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[b9098ed] | 130 | -->
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[e977805c] | 131 |
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[b9098ed] | 132 | <!-- This is now autodetected
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[d56e7df] | 133 | <para>
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[8558044] | 134 | <option>-Ddoctool=enabled</option>: Install g-ir-doc-tool
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[048071e] | 135 | and run related tests. You must have
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| 136 | <xref linkend="Mako" role="nodep"/> and
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| 137 | <xref linkend="markdown" role="nodep"/> installed in order
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| 138 | to install this utility.
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[d56e7df] | 139 | </para>
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[b9098ed] | 140 | -->
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[c34cb2e5] | 141 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 142 | </sect2>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 145 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <segmentedlist>
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[7ded7e3] | 148 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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[9d3d8a8] | 149 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 150 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 151 |
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[048071e] | 152 | <!-- g-ir-doc-tool is installed if Mako and Markdown are present -->
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[9d3d8a8] | 153 | <seglistitem>
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[e977805c] | 154 | <seg>
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[4dbf88b] | 155 | g-ir-annotation-tool, g-ir-compiler, g-ir-doc-tool,
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[8b9cf4c] | 156 | g-ir-generate, g-ir-inspect, and g-ir-scanner
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[e977805c] | 157 | </seg>
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| 158 | <seg>
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[04bf697b] | 159 | libgirepository-1.0.so and
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[d94bd7f4] | 160 | _giscanner.&python3-lib-suffix;.so
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[e977805c] | 161 | </seg>
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[0913f48] | 162 | <seg>
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| 163 | /usr/include/gobject-introspection-1.0,
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[d3e019dc] | 164 | /usr/lib/girepository-1.0,
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| 165 | /usr/lib/gobject-introspection,
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[d8fe3e58] | 166 | /usr/share/gir-1.0, and
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| 167 | /usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0
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[b6a2a0e] | 168 | </seg>
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[9d3d8a8] | 169 | </seglistitem>
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| 170 | </segmentedlist>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <variablelist>
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| 173 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 174 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 175 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 176 |
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[56c646a5] | 177 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-annotation-tool">
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| 178 | <term><command>g-ir-annotation-tool</command></term>
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| 179 | <listitem>
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| 180 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 181 | creates or extracts annotation data from GI typelibs
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[56c646a5] | 182 | </para>
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| 183 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-annotation-tool">
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| 184 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-annotation-tool">g-ir-annotation-tool</primary>
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| 185 | </indexterm>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | </varlistentry>
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| 188 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 189 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-compiler">
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| 190 | <term><command>g-ir-compiler</command></term>
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| 191 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 192 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 193 | converts one or more GIR files into one or more typelib
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[7ded7e3] | 194 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 195 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-compiler">
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| 196 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-compiler">g-ir-compiler</primary>
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| 197 | </indexterm>
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| 198 | </listitem>
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| 199 | </varlistentry>
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| 200 |
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[7e2908c] | 201 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-doc-tool">
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| 202 | <term><command>g-ir-doc-tool</command></term>
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| 203 | <listitem>
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| 204 | <para>
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| 205 | generates Mallard files that can be viewed with
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| 206 | <command>yelp</command> or rendered to HTML with
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[4c24eb0a] | 207 | <command>yelp-build</command> from
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[5b1d11c] | 208 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/yelp-tools">yelp-tools</ulink>
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[7e2908c] | 209 | </para>
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| 210 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-doc-tool">
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| 211 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-doc-tool">g-ir-doc-tool</primary>
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| 212 | </indexterm>
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| 213 | </listitem>
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| 214 | </varlistentry>
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| 215 |
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[0797528] | 216 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-inspect">
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| 217 | <term><command>g-ir-inspect</command></term>
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| 218 | <listitem>
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| 219 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 220 | is a utility that gives information about a GI typelib
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[0797528] | 221 | </para>
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| 222 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-inspect">
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| 223 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-inspect">g-ir-inspect</primary>
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| 224 | </indexterm>
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| 225 | </listitem>
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| 226 | </varlistentry>
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| 227 |
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[8b9cf4c] | 228 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-generate">
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| 229 | <term><command>g-ir-generate</command></term>
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[9d3d8a8] | 230 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 231 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 232 | is a GIR generator that uses the repository API
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[7ded7e3] | 233 | </para>
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[8b9cf4c] | 234 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-generate">
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| 235 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-generate">g-ir-generate</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 236 | </indexterm>
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| 237 | </listitem>
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| 238 | </varlistentry>
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| 239 |
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[8b9cf4c] | 240 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-scanner">
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| 241 | <term><command>g-ir-scanner</command></term>
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[9d3d8a8] | 242 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 243 | <para>
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[8b9cf4c] | 244 | is a tool which generates GIR XML files by parsing headers and
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[4c24eb0a] | 245 | introspecting GObject based libraries
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[7ded7e3] | 246 | </para>
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[8b9cf4c] | 247 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-scanner">
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| 248 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-scanner">g-ir-scanner</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 249 | </indexterm>
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| 250 | </listitem>
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| 251 | </varlistentry>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <varlistentry id="libgirepository-1.0">
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[d3e019dc] | 254 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgirepository-1.0.so</filename></term>
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[9d3d8a8] | 255 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 256 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 257 | provides an API to access the typelib metadata
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[7ded7e3] | 258 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 259 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection libgirepository-1.0">
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[e977805c] | 260 | <primary sortas="c-libgirepository-1.0">libgirepository-1.0.so</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 261 | </indexterm>
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| 262 | </listitem>
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| 263 | </varlistentry>
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| 264 |
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| 265 | </variablelist>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | </sect2>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | </sect1>
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